Zanu PF outgoing legislator Finance Deputy Minister Terrence Mukupe has conceded defeat to his MDC Alliance counterpart Tendai Biti who was won the Harare East parliamentary seat as the election results counting reaches climax. Mukupe who has dished out a lot of controversy of late has extended his civil congratulatory message
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No official results in the high-stakes general elections in Zimbabwe have been announced‚ but social media are abuzz with pictures of poll tallies taken from various polling stations countrywide. Indications so far are that in major cities the MDC Alliance got a huge response. Zanu-PF also got a decent turnout while independent
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Zanu PF has established an early lead, winning six of the seven National Assembly seats, whose results have been announced by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC). Zanu PF won in Hwedza South [Tinoda Machakaire], Masvingo South [Cloudious Maronge], Masvingo West [Chadzamira Ezra], Chiredzi East [Denford Masiya], Marondera West [Sipiwe Mukunyaidze Elizabeth],
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FORMER President Robert Mugabge stole the limelight when he turned up to cast his ballot in Highfield, Harare, with hundreds of opposition and his former Zanu PF supporters cheering him while across town, precisely 177km away in Kwekwe, his successor President Emmerson Mnangagwa received a lukewarm reception. Mnangagwa’s closest rival in
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LEGAL think-tank, Veritas has said the military had a strong influence over the way people voted in yesterday’s elections, although top military officials have publicly declared that they would recognise the presidential winner regardless of political affiliation. Veritas, in its latest report released on Sunday, said most Zimbabweans were still sceptical
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MILLIONS of Zimbabweans trooped to the polls from as early as 3am yesterday to cast their votes in an historic election that observers and candidates said was held in the best atmosphere since the country’s independence from British rule 38 years ago. As voting ended yesterday, the agonising wait for results
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ZIMBABWEANS from all walks of life yesterday said they were hopeful for change as they cast their vote during the elections that will usher in a new President, Members of Parliament and councillors. Those interviewed by NewsDay in different parts of the country said the elections were peaceful, although they complained
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A RECORD 75% of registered voters took part in Zimbabwe’s tightly-contested elections yesterday, where top presidential contenders — Emmerson Mnangagwa (Zanu PF) and Nelson Chamisa (MDC Alliance) — are reportedly in a neck-to-neck race, with the first batch of results expected this morning. Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Justice Priscilla Chigumba
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By Special Correspondent Exactly a decade after the 2008 cholera outbreak that killed at least 4 200 people and sickened more than 100 000 others in Zimbabwe, something is now being done to the country’s water and sanitation situation to mitigate the conditions that allowed the cholera epidemic to flourish. Findings by
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The Emmerson Mnangagwa led Zimbabwean Government has just pulled out soldiers guarding former President Robert Mugabe’s Blue Roof house in Harare after the later asked voters choose MDC Alliance in today’s elections. The soldiers have been guarding Mugabe’s premises since November last year when he resigned. Commenting on the knee jerk reaction
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